Rollsigns from Chicago, IL
Forest Glen Garage
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This bus side rollsign is made mostly
of linen (L), but has a few later exposures
added that were made of mylar (M), as
indicated.
The sign has a hand written effective date
on it of April 1, 1974. It has 26 exposures
Forest Glen Garage, located at 5419 W. Armstrong Ave. backing onto N. Elston Ave between N. Central Ave
and W. Bryn Mawr Ave.,, opened on December 4, 1955. It was originally used for the CTA's electric trolley
buses as well as their propane powered buses from opening until 1973, with their first diesel buses being
allocated in 1970. Geographically it's the furthest northwest garage in the network, and operates to this day.
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